United Nations Treaty Series

The United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) is the result of article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, which states as follows: 1. Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and published by it. 2. No party to any such treaty or international agreement which has not been registered in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article may invoke that treaty or agreement before any organ of the United Nations. On December 16, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 97, which laid the rules for the registration of international agreements by the UN Secretariat. The UNTS is by far the largest collection of treaties, running to some 2500 volumes containing 158,000 treaties from 1946. Its predecessor was the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS).

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000 treaties reproduced in their authentic languages, together with translations into English and French, as necessary. The Treaty Series, where treaties are published in the chronological order of registration, also provides details about their subsequent history (i.e., participation in a treaty, reservations, amendments, termination, etc.). Comprehensive Indices covering 50-volume-lots are published separately. A Standing Order service is available for the Series and out-of-print volumes are available on microfiche.

Under Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the coming into force of the Charter shall, as soon as possible, be registered with the Secretariat and published by it. Furthermore, no party to a treaty or international agreement subject to registration which has not been registered may invoke that treaty or agreement before any organ of the United Nations. The General Assembly, by resolution 97 (I), established regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter (see text of the regulations, vol. 859, p. VIII; https://treaties.un.org/doc/source/publications/practice/registration_and_publication.pdf).

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Ratifications, accessions, subsequent agreements, etc., concerning treaties and international agreements registered in March 2011 with the Secretariat of the United Nations

Agreement between the kingdom of sweden and the republic of austria for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and fortune. signed at stockholm, on 14 may 1959. stockholm, 14 may 1959 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 428, i-6167.]

General treaty between the king-dom of the netherlands and the federal republic of germany for the settlement of frontier questions and other problems outstanding between the two countries (treaty of settle-ment). the hague, 8 april 1960 [unit-ed nations, treaty series, vol. 508, i-7404.]

Agreement between the govern-ment of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ire-land and the government of trinidad and tobago for air services between and beyond their respective territories. london, 1 march 1967 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 606, i-8784.]

Agreement between the govern-ment of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ire-land and the government of the union of soviet socialist repub-lics concerning the establish-ment of a direct communication link between the residence of the prime minister of the united kingdom in london and the kremlin. london, 25 august 1967 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 632, i-9007.]

Convention between the govern-ment of japan and the govern-ment of the republic of singa-pore for the avoidance of dou-ble taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. singapore, 29 january 1971 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 827, i-11844.]

Convention between the united states of america and japan for the avoidance of double taxa-tion and the prevention of fis-cal evasion with respect to tax-es on income. tokyo, 8 march 1971 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 936, i-13326.]

Convention between the govern-ment of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ire-land and the government of the kingdom of the netherlands for the avoidance of double taxa-tion and the prevention of fis-cal evasion with respect to tax-es on income and capital gains. the hague, 7 november 1980 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 1249, i-20388.]

Agreement between the people's republic of bulgaria and the re-public of austria for the avoid-ance of double taxation of in-come and capital. sofia, 20 april 1983 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 1423, i-24029.]

Treaty between the government of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the government of the unit-ed states of america concerning the cayman islands relating to mutual legal assistance in crim-inal matters. grand cayman, 3 july 1986 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 1648, i-28332.]

Agreement between the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the gov-ernment of the union of soviet socialist republics on the im-provement of the direct commu-nications link between the resi-dence of the prime minister of the united kingdom in london and the kremlin. moscow, 31 march 1987 [united nations, treaty se-ries, vol. 1655, i-28488.]

Agreement between the govern-ment of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ire-land and the government of the russian federation on the es-tablishment of direct secure telephone links between 10 downing street in london and the kremlin in moscow. london, 9 november 1992 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 1723, i-30021.]

Agreement between the govern-ment of the kingdom of the netherlands and the govern-ment of malaysia for the avoid-ance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. the hague, 7 march 1988 [united na-tions, treaty series, vol. 2058, i-35631.]

Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and med-icine: convention on human rights and biomedicine. oviedo, 4 april 1997 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 2137, i-37266.]

Agreement between the republic of austria and the swiss confed-eration for the avoidance of double taxation in the field of taxes on income and on capital. vienna, 30 january 1974 [united na-tions, treaty series, vol. 2176, i-38308.]

Agreement for the establishment of the international organisa-tion for the development of fisheries in eastern and central europe (eurofish). copenhagen, 23 may 2000 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 2181, i-38415.]

Agreement between the govern-ment of japan and the govern-ment of the united states of america concerning reciprocal provision of logistic support, supplies and services between the self-defense forces of japan and the armed forces of the united states of america. tokyo, 15 april 1996 [united nations, treaty se-ries, vol. 2718, i-48103.]

Security agreement on the pro-tection of classified infor-mation between the kingdom of spain and the republic of esto-nia. madrid, 11 november 2005 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 2741, i-48449.]

Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the king-dom of the netherlands and the republic of benin concerning the status of civilian and mili-tary personnel of the ministry of defence of the kingdom of the netherlands, present on the territory of benin for the exer-cise "dassa 2009". cotonou, 16 march 2009, 25 may 2009 and 7 july 2009 [united nations, treaty series, vol. 2743, i-48474.]